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  "id": 18648,
  "title": "Chronically ill people face confusion over new Medicaid work rules and ‘medically frail’ exemption",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/30/chronically-ill-people-face-confusion-over-new-medicaid-work-rules",
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  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-07-30T08:30:00.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/07/30/medicaid-work-requirements-medical-frailty-exemption-coverage-loss/"
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  "summary": "Patients, advocates, and experts fear the difficulty in documenting a frailty exemption to Medicaid work requirements will lead to millions losing coverage.",
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        "published": "2026-07-14T22:09:31.000Z"
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        "outlet": "STAT News",
        "title": "Judge denies states’ motion to postpone Medicaid work requirement",
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        "published": "2026-07-30T13:45:55.000Z"
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        "outlet": "NPR Health",
        "title": "In Nebraska, Americans begin to lose Medicaid under Trump's work rules",
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        "published": "2026-07-31T13:22:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Healthcare Dive",
        "title": "Judge rejects states’ bid to pause Medicaid work requirements",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/judge-rejects-states-bid-to-pause-medicaid-work-requirements",
        "published": "2026-07-31T14:47:44.000Z"
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